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mostly washington. >>c-span: people and get the post and washington and they are cynical of the power and control and how would you tell them about the people that are away from here that you do not have too much power? >> guest: i tried to explain the paper of a magazine or a television or magazine are for instance "the post" has the power to inform people and if they cover it well, it matters because you talk to the government as well as people in washington. but sometimes people thank you go upstairs to talk to the editors. you don't. i mean about a story you don't see the story before they get in the paper. you have the power to take an editor the you think for a publisher or whenever to do the job well in general but after that they have autonomy. indeed have the power of what people envision you as having to influence the events directly it sounds like more goodies to shoes. >>c-span: do said news columns had to be detached although recognizing there is no such thing as objectivity. >> guest: deta
mostly washington. >>c-span: people and get the post and washington and they are cynical of the power and control and how would you tell them about the people that are away from here that you do not have too much power? >> guest: i tried to explain the paper of a magazine or a television or magazine are for instance "the post" has the power to inform people and if they cover it well, it matters because you talk to the government as well as people in washington. but...
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we provided a cro sate sincerity effort in washington. >> how are you interacting with washington. with our officers across the river in alexandria we meet regularly with folks on capitol hill in the house and senate to discuss issues of importance. not only to ports themselves, but to our transportation infrastructure, connecting to our port as well as obviously to the competitive competitor. in addition to that we work with the various federal agency. the department of transportation within homeland security, congress department education on issues that relate to trade and public port. what are some of the top priority you have meetings about with officials in washington. the primarily issue focus a lot on the infrastructure. at the port facility themselves but also importantly connecting to the port facility on the landslide in term of the first mile or last mile in to and out of a port facility. the connections to interstate highways, but also importantly the navigation channel leading in to and out of our port. those are federal government channels, and it's important they be
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at live in washington d.c. and think a lot about minimizing the number of people who want to blow up the city and live in. i think that if you look at is honest discourse from the 1990's to 2000, a lot of it is about look what happened in nigeria, / democracy is not a real avenue. there will never let us have our own islamist government and things like that. and i think that supporting this military coup would be backing up that narrative which scares me. i would rather say, you know, i would rather have the united states, you know, help shepherd a democratic process back into existence and to have some sort of outcome that people can live with, obviously not a return to president's morsi, but the united states and for the same reasons, i think that would be more sensible. i don't pretend to know how people think in the government all the time. >> thank you. let me take this year. and maybe one of the microphones can go to the gentleman and a white cap. >> thank you. i came from iran. that perspective from iran
at live in washington d.c. and think a lot about minimizing the number of people who want to blow up the city and live in. i think that if you look at is honest discourse from the 1990's to 2000, a lot of it is about look what happened in nigeria, / democracy is not a real avenue. there will never let us have our own islamist government and things like that. and i think that supporting this military coup would be backing up that narrative which scares me. i would rather say, you know, i would...
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>> i of a very selfish person i will be honest and live in washington d.c. and i think about those who want to blow up so i think if you look at the discourse to the '90s look at algeria, globalization in coming democracy is not a real avenue, they will never let us have our own islamist government and i think that is supporting to back up that narrative and that scares me. i would rather say i would rather have the united states helped to shepherd the democratic process back into existence obviously not a return to president morsi but for the safety that would be more sensible i don't pretend to know how people would think. >> may be the microphone can go to that gentleman. >> i come from iran in just from that perspective don't you think this problem is more serious battle of the other hand liz loans cannot find a way that it is not secularist they see egypt has been involved isn't that a problem next ? day think as an american citizen debt as americans get involved in the solution to gather all of them together to find a solution? and i started some how t
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it's hosted by the bipartisan center here in washington d.c. speaking now is joe krueger of the bipartisan policy center. this is just getting underway. >> we expect to release a report with some recommendations for policymakers in the fall, so say tuned for that. so i'm going to stop there. thank you again for coming. thank our partners in this, eei and eric, for helping us with this workshop. one housekeeping thinking, at the end of each session we'll have time for questions, there are microphone stands set around the room, so we'd ask you to sort of come up, and introduce yourself before you ask your question. so with that, let many introduce my colleague, carie lemack, who's the director of bpc's homeland security program, and she will introduce our keynote speaker. thank you. >> good morning. well, i know you didn't all come here to listen to me, so i'm going to make this very short and sweet. my name is carie lemack, i'm the director of the homeland security project at the bipartisan policy center. it is chaired by former governor tom cai
it's hosted by the bipartisan center here in washington d.c. speaking now is joe krueger of the bipartisan policy center. this is just getting underway. >> we expect to release a report with some recommendations for policymakers in the fall, so say tuned for that. so i'm going to stop there. thank you again for coming. thank our partners in this, eei and eric, for helping us with this workshop. one housekeeping thinking, at the end of each session we'll have time for questions, there are...
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if you have a cell phone in a call from washington d.c. to san francisco at some point it's going to go over a land-based system. you don't talk wirelessly all across the country. it's happened to it cell tower. wires not just into the home but the wire system is the back on that is criticallcriticall y important. the other thing you mentioned before is there is this big transition going on now. you mentioned wireless and it is huge. if you look at the numbers clearly you see the trend lines but also there is the ip transition as well, the internet protocol transition where a lot of the incumbent carriers are saying what clear getting away from the traditional copper wire , the traditional telephony that we think of has been regulated as family for decades. we need a new generation of regulation which basically what they would like to see is no regulation or very little or very light regulation. so with your traditional phone like when we all grew up in arkansas but didn't realize it at the time but southwestern bell was my local carrier.
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. >> george and washington washington's bedroom at mount vernon. one of the things that's mentioned is her morning meditations, which seem to be a sacred time for her throughout her life. what do we know of what she did? >> she was a member of the church of length land, and after the revolution she became a member of the american episcopal church. and she had several bibles, she read the bible, she also read the book of common prayer. she spent a lot of time also reading other books about the episcopal point of view. and she was a very, very deeply religious but not judgmental woman. >> what about that video is important to tell people more of their room together in the life they had? >> that's, well, the fact that she burned all their corresspondence is a metaphor, that's where they could be themselves. and i think one reason she burned those letters is because that was the unvarnished george washington. it wasn't simply the uniquely intimate relationship that existed between them, she was the only person on earth to whom washington could confess
. >> george and washington washington's bedroom at mount vernon. one of the things that's mentioned is her morning meditations, which seem to be a sacred time for her throughout her life. what do we know of what she did? >> she was a member of the church of length land, and after the revolution she became a member of the american episcopal church. and she had several bibles, she read the bible, she also read the book of common prayer. she spent a lot of time also reading other books...
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. >> george and washington washington's bedroom at mount vernon. one of the things that's mentioned is her morning meditations, which seem to be a sacred time for her throughout her life. what do we know of what she did? >> she was a member of the church of england, and after the revolution she became a member of the american piscopal church. and she had several bibles, she read the bible, she also read the book of common prayer. she spent a lot of time also reading other books about the episcopal point of view. and she was a very, very deeply religious but not judgmental woman. >> what about that video is important to tell people more of their room together in the life they had? >> that's, well, the fact that she burned all their correspondence is a metaphor, that's where they could be themselves. and i think one reason she burned those letters is because hat was the unvarnished george washington. it wasn't simply the uniquely intimate relationship that existed between them, she was the only person on earth to whom washington could confess his dou
. >> george and washington washington's bedroom at mount vernon. one of the things that's mentioned is her morning meditations, which seem to be a sacred time for her throughout her life. what do we know of what she did? >> she was a member of the church of england, and after the revolution she became a member of the american piscopal church. and she had several bibles, she read the bible, she also read the book of common prayer. she spent a lot of time also reading other books...
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is the problem washington. if you like what you're getting from washington, stick with it. it is not working. if you want the same experience, take the same experience. we need a different experience. not to washington experience. >> as a scientist, i listen to people and study evidence, follow the facts, and take it where it leads, to a conclusion. that is true for all this. if you start with the facts, you can get things done in a divided and polarized system in washington. that is how i got the mental health and suicide programs gone for soldiers and veterans. that is what i have done with student aid. up money for teachers. historic preservation for foreign languages that i did was senator lautenberg. you find common ground and you can get things done. as well as done in washington and, furthermore, i have a vision -- that is what i have done in washington and i have a vision. oftenent comes in a skirt . the lack of women representation in new jersey's congressional delegation must end. i have served at every level of government. worked in newark's municipal government
is the problem washington. if you like what you're getting from washington, stick with it. it is not working. if you want the same experience, take the same experience. we need a different experience. not to washington experience. >> as a scientist, i listen to people and study evidence, follow the facts, and take it where it leads, to a conclusion. that is true for all this. if you start with the facts, you can get things done in a divided and polarized system in washington. that is how...
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a foreboding front page of "the washington post" today. graham's to sell "the washington post." there it is. it hit our driveway this morning. the graham family owned the post for generations and fought to the hill to defend its independence through the watergate investigation when reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein took down nixon's administration. the grahams had the guts to stand up for their paper and defend that special brand of investigative journalism, which can make you a lot of enemies. but now "the washington post" has a new owner, silicon valley billionaire and amazon.com founder jeff bezos. bezos isn't alone. over the last several years, billionaires have been gobbling up newspapers across the country, from "the wall street journal" to the boston globe. in some cases like rupert murdoch's purchase of the journal, those have pushed a right-wing agenda. the conservative koch brothers are on the hunt to buy up newspapers as well. the question is a pressing one. will the new money have the same guts and drive as the old money or will the papers they buy become pol
a foreboding front page of "the washington post" today. graham's to sell "the washington post." there it is. it hit our driveway this morning. the graham family owned the post for generations and fought to the hill to defend its independence through the watergate investigation when reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein took down nixon's administration. the grahams had the guts to stand up for their paper and defend that special brand of investigative journalism, which...
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and washington in shock this morning with news that the mighty "washington post" has been sold. that gets us started. that's just part of what we'll cover on current tv. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. way inside. (christoff) we're patrolling the area looking for guns, drugs, bodies ... (adam) we're going to places where few others are going. [lady] you have to get out now. >> lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. >> this crop to me is my livelihood. >> i'm being violated by the health care system. (christoff) we go and spend a considerable amount of time getting to know the people and the characters that are actually living these stories. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true stories, current perspective. documentaries. on current tv. this show is about analyzing, criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you e
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. >>> also said founder of amazon to buy "the washington post." what does that mean for the floundering legacy of the paper? the panel will weigh in on that. yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. the beach on your tv is much closer than it appears. seize the summer with up to 50% off hotels at travelocity. there's a new way to fight litter box odor. introducing tidy cats with glade tough odor solutions. two trusted names, one amazing product. my electrolux french door refrigerator gives me a lot more entertaining possibilities. with features like the perfect temp drawer that has a wide variety of temperature settings, i can store anything from desserts to deliciously fresh seafood at the ideal serving temperature. so everything is perfectly fresh. tonight i'm using the just the two of us setting. electrolux. be even more amazing. see the electrolux kitchen and laundry appliance collection at the
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kind of a silicon valley, or in his case washington, state of washington libertarian. but what i'm saying is isn't he going to use all the data that amazon has collected, massive data, to find out what his new customers really want? and isn't that what the "washington post" failed to do? >> i think you're exactly right. and one thing about bezos is he's -- a lot of people saying he's more libertarian. out here he was very involved. he gave millions of dollars in the state of washington to support what he calls marriage equality, which is redefining marriage. so i think he probably leans to the left. but i think he leans toward profit. and that's what we're talking about here. there's a lot of room in national newspapers in between the "wall street journal" and the "new york times." and i think his right play is to go right for that middle ground which the "washington post" hasn't done. it's just basically been an inside the beltway version of the "new york times" and doing -- aiming it nor at the ground between the journal and the times as that national publication and
kind of a silicon valley, or in his case washington, state of washington libertarian. but what i'm saying is isn't he going to use all the data that amazon has collected, massive data, to find out what his new customers really want? and isn't that what the "washington post" failed to do? >> i think you're exactly right. and one thing about bezos is he's -- a lot of people saying he's more libertarian. out here he was very involved. he gave millions of dollars in the state of...
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vernon and washington. after washington dies, they want to see martha washington and talk to her about what it was like. they see her as the remnant of that history. they continue to have their post until they die, both of them. >> the defining act that he took in the final year of his life when he wrote a will in the course of which he identified himself, george washington as citizen of the united states, not virginia but more important, he made provisions to free the slaves that he could upon the death of martha. that, presumably, is something that he had to have consulted her about, although i don't think we have any primary evidence to that effect. >> you don't. but he must have. >> after george washington died, martha left that bedroom as we showed you and moved to a garrut as it's call in the mansion. see what that looks like today. >> george washington does die suddenly. it must have been a great shock. she was very bereaved. and she does retreat. she does not use their shared bed chamber after his d
vernon and washington. after washington dies, they want to see martha washington and talk to her about what it was like. they see her as the remnant of that history. they continue to have their post until they die, both of them. >> the defining act that he took in the final year of his life when he wrote a will in the course of which he identified himself, george washington as citizen of the united states, not virginia but more important, he made provisions to free the slaves that he...
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they sent shares of washington post higher after hours. >>> another media legend. newsweek, once owned by the washington post company was sold again. this time to ibt media. this is the all digital news publisher of the international business times. the price and terms of the deal were not disclosed. the weekly news magazine that publishes online only was owned by barry diller's iac interactive corp. they plan to grow the online franchise with readers worldwide. >>> deal number three, the owner of the boston red sox is now the owner of the boston globe, john henry purchased the paper from the new york times company for the bargain price of $70 million. the deal includes the globe's website and boston.com site, the price tag is just a fraction of the more than $1 billion. the new york times company paid for the newspaper two decades ago. >>> and in the world of television today. time warner cable made a proposal to cvs to end their fee dispute. glenn sent a letter to le les moonvez giving consumers a chance to pay ala carte. in the interview, the incoming ceo robert
they sent shares of washington post higher after hours. >>> another media legend. newsweek, once owned by the washington post company was sold again. this time to ibt media. this is the all digital news publisher of the international business times. the price and terms of the deal were not disclosed. the weekly news magazine that publishes online only was owned by barry diller's iac interactive corp. they plan to grow the online franchise with readers worldwide. >>> deal...
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of the "washington post" company. he joins me now. full disclosure, i worked for you for the "washington post." >> i was going to ask if you disclosed your terrible conflict. >> for seven great years in the 1980s. ruth marcus one of your leading columnists said that this is a brave and painful decision for your family to make. was it also a necessary one? >> well, we thought so. the publisher of the post now is catherine way mut. that's a job that i held when you were on the paper. i held it for 21 years. but catherine and i sat down at the end of last year, the end of 2012. we looked at how how the paper had done in 2012 and what we could reasonably expect going forward. 201 is the 7th consecutive year the paper has been down in revenues so what do you do when you have less money coming in the door? you try to innovate. we've been pretty successful at that. but not successful enough >> ifill: 44% decline. you're going back over several years there. but that's right. and mostly we have had to cut costs. the year of the financial crisi
of the "washington post" company. he joins me now. full disclosure, i worked for you for the "washington post." >> i was going to ask if you disclosed your terrible conflict. >> for seven great years in the 1980s. ruth marcus one of your leading columnists said that this is a brave and painful decision for your family to make. was it also a necessary one? >> well, we thought so. the publisher of the post now is catherine way mut. that's a job that i held...
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you work for "the washington post." what are your feelings whand was it like yesterday when you found out who your new owner was? >> well, yesterday just before going on martin bashir's show around 4:20, 4:25 i see an e-mail from katherine graham saying please come to the auditorium at 4:30 at a big announcement. there was another e-mail that gave call-in instructions. that's never a good sign. never is. so it wasn't until i was finished with martin and i was waiting downstairs under the big nbc marquee looking on my phone at e-mails and i see the e-mail from katherine graham that we were sold to bezos and i screamed -- what? it was so earth shattering, so unexpected, so unnerving because the graham family is such a part of the paper. i remember when i first interviewed at "the washington post" and walked through with my editor fred hyatt and at another point with don graham. to walk through the newsroom with don graham is to be would youed, is to be mesmerized. he knows the names of everybody in that newsroom from the
you work for "the washington post." what are your feelings whand was it like yesterday when you found out who your new owner was? >> well, yesterday just before going on martin bashir's show around 4:20, 4:25 i see an e-mail from katherine graham saying please come to the auditorium at 4:30 at a big announcement. there was another e-mail that gave call-in instructions. that's never a good sign. never is. so it wasn't until i was finished with martin and i was waiting downstairs...
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"the washington post", we will have your update. the owner has a stake in there and, you know, you name it, you have big names when it comes to this. "the washington post", just why do these billionaires want to be newspaper barons and what does it mean for traditional old media? where should investors look for opportunities in the so-called s.t.e.m. industry? we have a fox business exclusive with the ceo of mgm resorts international. the official nhl. you name it, it's all coming back when we come back. join us at projectluna.com you are gonna need a wingman. and with my cash back, you are money. forget him. my airline miles will take your game worldwide. what i'm really looking for is -- i got two words for you -- re-wards. ♪ there's got to be better cards than this. [ male announcer ] there's a better way with creditcards.com. compare hundreds of cards from all the major banks to find the one that's right for you. it's simple. search, compare, and apply at creditcards.com. first round's on me. liz: another big bet on newspapers
"the washington post", we will have your update. the owner has a stake in there and, you know, you name it, you have big names when it comes to this. "the washington post", just why do these billionaires want to be newspaper barons and what does it mean for traditional old media? where should investors look for opportunities in the so-called s.t.e.m. industry? we have a fox business exclusive with the ceo of mgm resorts international. the official nhl. you name it, it's all...
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washington d.c. obviously a company town. this is a company paper and busy trying to make inroads into washington d.c. last week obama was doing that great big jobs speech in tennessee at an amazon warehouse. and amazon has been dealing with sales taxes and that big drama recently is going to come up against regulators moving forward because it's just so big. so, yes, it buys him a seat at the table, so it's a factor buying it. only 1% of his fortune to get a seat at the table. >> do you agree with that strategy. do you think it's a good idea for the top guy in a top company to approach politics and get involved in politics, and get involved in washington, the company town, the political town? is that a good move? >> it's necessary. the tech guys have been doing that although the guys are spending a fortune on the lobbyists in washington and this is very clever. add to which the guys libertari libertarian leanings are fit for "the washington post." if you're a journalist and writing about e-commerce. you're thinking about it
washington d.c. obviously a company town. this is a company paper and busy trying to make inroads into washington d.c. last week obama was doing that great big jobs speech in tennessee at an amazon warehouse. and amazon has been dealing with sales taxes and that big drama recently is going to come up against regulators moving forward because it's just so big. so, yes, it buys him a seat at the table, so it's a factor buying it. only 1% of his fortune to get a seat at the table. >> do you...
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jeff bezos buying the washington post. we will talk to one of the few people who have spoken with him in recent months. >>> and regeneron with a rare sales miss, the company's president and ceo will join us for an interview. >>> and serving up business at opentable with the stock up 35% this year, and we will talk to the company's ceo live later on. >>> we kick off with the bezos deal, and who knew that the amazon ceo would buy the washington post? live now with the latest is julia boorstin. >> simon, considering that the washington post revenue has been shrinking over ten years, it is more about the play than the upside. in bezos' letter to the employees he says that the company values the post and has no plans to change the company and wants to keep up with the internet transformation of the news business. it is not the first time that bezos has tablg evken a personae in a news asset. earlier he bought business site insider to help grow the operations. bezos joins a long list of billionaires jumping into the publishing b
jeff bezos buying the washington post. we will talk to one of the few people who have spoken with him in recent months. >>> and regeneron with a rare sales miss, the company's president and ceo will join us for an interview. >>> and serving up business at opentable with the stock up 35% this year, and we will talk to the company's ceo live later on. >>> we kick off with the bezos deal, and who knew that the amazon ceo would buy the washington post? live now with the...
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"the huffington post" in washington we have one of the biggest bur ross in washington now. we have a reporter full-time on the labor beat and another one on the labor beat. almost nobody else in town has a labor reporter. we at "the huffington post" do. it's a transition we're going through. >> question just to put the "the huffington post" aside for a second, what do you think the biggest challenge is going to be for "the washington post" as it makes a transition into the future with new ownership? >> i think it's fantastic jeff bezos has bought it. it's the graham family's final act of commitment po the paper to put the shareholders and public ahead of their own personal feeling for the paper to say we're going to give it to a safer home than we can be. we've run out of ideas. i thought was the most humble thing he did. i love what he said. >> bring in bob woodward here. bob. >> yes, sir. >> here's my concern. i understand -- love arianna, love "the huffington post," love tina, love "the daily beast." here's my concern, as we move from print with the big trucks dropping t
"the huffington post" in washington we have one of the biggest bur ross in washington now. we have a reporter full-time on the labor beat and another one on the labor beat. almost nobody else in town has a labor reporter. we at "the huffington post" do. it's a transition we're going through. >> question just to put the "the huffington post" aside for a second, what do you think the biggest challenge is going to be for "the washington post" as it...
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with "the washington post" it's the graham family that sold it. with the "wall street journal," similar situation with the family that owned the dow jones corporation since 1902. we have this history of chicago, it's similar, the "l.a. times," it's similar. this sort of patrician families making a lot of money in the newspaper business and holding on to these companies. the "new york times," holding on to these companies generationally. and us trusting them to be good stewards of those important journalistic entities. as newspapers become really cheap, is there reason to just think there's going to be more turnover and nobody invested in the long run in their family name and their family sort of honor being associated -- >> well, i certainly think you'll have more sales of newspapers because in "the washington post," i think their revenues were down 45% over the last six years. the answer first, more sales? yes. answer to the second, is it going to be just to put forward their own political beliefs as the murdoch empire has frequently done with hi
with "the washington post" it's the graham family that sold it. with the "wall street journal," similar situation with the family that owned the dow jones corporation since 1902. we have this history of chicago, it's similar, the "l.a. times," it's similar. this sort of patrician families making a lot of money in the newspaper business and holding on to these companies. the "new york times," holding on to these companies generationally. and us trusting...
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news week broadcasting for the local then "washington post"-owned cbs affiliated station here in washington, d.c. and when they -- i had an agreement with the owner that if they ended up selling the station here, which they ended up doing anticipating a supreme court decision on cross ownership of media concentration that never happened, when they ended up selling to a detroit station, detroit owner, they let me out of my contract just on a handshake because -- to come to nbc. 35 years ago. because i came under the understanding that i would only work for the graham family. that was how close the connection was, ruth. >> i think all of us have that -- who have been around for a while any way, interest that personal connection with the graham family. i have a column that should be on washingtonpost.com later this afternoon talking a little bit about that personal connection. and that is why i think in the newsroom and to some degree outside there is trust in this decision, that it is in the "washington post's" best interests because we've had so many years of seeing the graham family make de
news week broadcasting for the local then "washington post"-owned cbs affiliated station here in washington, d.c. and when they -- i had an agreement with the owner that if they ended up selling the station here, which they ended up doing anticipating a supreme court decision on cross ownership of media concentration that never happened, when they ended up selling to a detroit station, detroit owner, they let me out of my contract just on a handshake because -- to come to nbc. 35...
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i'm hampton pearson in washington. >>> still ahead, investors eating up food stocks. some are hitting all-time highs. others are struggling. we'll separate winners from losers but first, how the international markets closed today. >>> the war of words between cbs and timewarner heats up. the ceo fired back at timewarner's proposal to end the black out dismissing it as a publicity stunt. they said after reviewing the letter we conclude there had is not a sincere or hopeful decision in it. they said it offer was sincere. it's affecting 3 million customers in the largest u.s. markets. >>> we're learning more today about the deal to sell "the washington post" to amazon ceo. chairman and ceo donald gram of the washington post says the newspaper that his family owned for 80 years could survive the growth. bazos called it a personal endeavour. took a few meetings, and the deal was done. >> we met at a conference face-to-face twice the second week in july. we spent an hour together. he asked for time to study the numbers. we spent another two hours together, and at the end of
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is the climate in washington state, do you think, better than washington, d.c.? >> i would think so these days in washington state. you've got microsoft, tech companies that are doing fairly well. in d.c., you have gridlock, dysfunction, although with so many people always in washington, that is one of the better real estate markets we have seen in recent years since you have so many people moving there in order to try to get something done or perhaps try to get nothing done. >> a lot of lawyers moving there, i remember rightly from my days there. >> a lot of lobbyists. >> good to see you. thank you for that. have a great day. the latest on "the washington post" and jeff bezos. u.s. futures now, pretty flat really. s&p half a point above fair value. the nasdaq rallied for the fifth session yesterday. the dow was down 40 odd points. now 6 points above fair value. not much indication of where we'll go during the session at the moment. the ftse cnbc global 300, not far from the session high. good data out of europe. first of all in terms of industrial production fig
is the climate in washington state, do you think, better than washington, d.c.? >> i would think so these days in washington state. you've got microsoft, tech companies that are doing fairly well. in d.c., you have gridlock, dysfunction, although with so many people always in washington, that is one of the better real estate markets we have seen in recent years since you have so many people moving there in order to try to get something done or perhaps try to get nothing done. >> a...
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one of the icons of the tech era taking over "the washington post." and you might want to know that not just working at airports anymore. get that laptop out. get the stinky shoes off and get up for "way too early." >>> good morning. brian shactman here. we have a story about the relationship between twitter and tv watching. put it this way. i need a few more followers here if we're going to get this thing right. we begin with a pretty disturbing story out of pennsylvania. a man is in custody this morning accused of shooting and killing several people at a town meeting. he's accused of opening fire through the window of the meeting in ross township, which is about 15 minutes outside of pittsbur pittsburgh. he then reportedly walked in and started shooting at random. one witness said he was wearing a blue hawaiian shirt as he shot three people and injured two others. . he went back to his car and according to police got another gun. he was bear hugged and shot with his own gun by a local official who was at the meting. he had an ongoing fight with town
one of the icons of the tech era taking over "the washington post." and you might want to know that not just working at airports anymore. get that laptop out. get the stinky shoes off and get up for "way too early." >>> good morning. brian shactman here. we have a story about the relationship between twitter and tv watching. put it this way. i need a few more followers here if we're going to get this thing right. we begin with a pretty disturbing story out of...
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interacting with washington? guest: with our offices just across the river in alexandria, we meet regularly with folks up on capitol hill both in the house and the senate to discuss issues of critical importance not only to ports themselves but to our transportation infrastructure connecting to our ports as well as obviously to our international competitors. in addition we work with the federal agencies, the department of transportation, homeland security, commerce department on issues that relate to trade and public ports. host: what are some of the top priorities that you're having meetings about with officials in washington? uest: the primary issues right now focus on infrastructure both at the port facilities themselves but also connecting to the port facilities both on the landside the last mile in and out, the connection to sbresbr state highways but also importantly the navigation channels leading into and out of our ports. there's a federal government channel and it's important that -- be both maintained
interacting with washington? guest: with our offices just across the river in alexandria, we meet regularly with folks up on capitol hill both in the house and the senate to discuss issues of critical importance not only to ports themselves but to our transportation infrastructure connecting to our ports as well as obviously to our international competitors. in addition we work with the federal agencies, the department of transportation, homeland security, commerce department on issues that...
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"the washington post" has been sold to amazon founder jeff bezos. bezos paid $250 million for the "post" and other company newspapers. "the post" has been owned by the grant family since 1933. like other newspapers, it's been losing readers and advertisers to the internet. bezos is buying "post" as an individual. amazon will not be involved. >>> asian stocks are mostly lower after disappointing earnings from toyota and honda. hong kong's hang seng lost more than 1% while tokyo's nikkei added 1%. on wall street, stocks were mixed, the dow fell 46 points, the nasdaq gained just over 3 points. >>> president obama travels to phoenix today where he will propose overhauling the mortgage system. mr. obama will propose shutting fannie mae and freddie mac, the mortgage giants that the government bailed out in the 2008 financial collapse. the president wants to replace them in a system in which the private market buys home loans and repackages them. >>> and jetblue is going first class. the airline known for its all-coach service is adding 16 lie flat first c
"the washington post" has been sold to amazon founder jeff bezos. bezos paid $250 million for the "post" and other company newspapers. "the post" has been owned by the grant family since 1933. like other newspapers, it's been losing readers and advertisers to the internet. bezos is buying "post" as an individual. amazon will not be involved. >>> asian stocks are mostly lower after disappointing earnings from toyota and honda. hong kong's hang...
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jeff bezos became the newest member of the billionaire newspaper owner's club when he scooped up the "washington post" for a cool quarter billion dollars. he joins a growing list which includes among others . . . and so who cares? newspapers are dying anyway, right? not so fast, a 2009 report showed that not only do 75% of adults still read newspapers, but local and online news overwhelmingly originates from traditional papers like the "washington post." so most americans newspaper still originates there. the idea that newspapers have been marginalized and replaced by the internet is a total fallacy. they have the kind of power that charles foster cane dreamed of. >> people will think -- >> what i tell them to think. >> david: and alex wrote today . . . jeff bezos is a man who can afford that kind of influence. the purchase price of a quarter billion dollars is less than 1% of his $28 billion net worth. so is he just bored, a rich guy buying a new toy? his company is definitely politically engaged. under his leadership, amazon has vigorously opposed anti-just legislation. they have also lobbies
jeff bezos became the newest member of the billionaire newspaper owner's club when he scooped up the "washington post" for a cool quarter billion dollars. he joins a growing list which includes among others . . . and so who cares? newspapers are dying anyway, right? not so fast, a 2009 report showed that not only do 75% of adults still read newspapers, but local and online news overwhelmingly originates from traditional papers like the "washington post." so most americans...
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amazon founder jeff bezos is buying "the washington post" newspaper for $250 million. this deal ends the graham family's 80 years of ownership. he calls this acquisition a personal endeavor. not amazon money he's using, this is his very own. and chairman and ceo don graham talking about this deal. >> jeff reached out to me less than a month ago. we met at a conference face to face, twice, the second week in july. we spent an hour together. he asked for time to study the numbers, we then spent another two hours together. and at the end of it, he said he thought he wanted to go ahead, but he obviously, he and his team needed time to look over the business and understand it more thoroughly. and then we -- he did and we quickly reached a deal. >> shares of washington post climbing to the highest level in almost five years. $588 and change. almost up $20 on this news. and this is something that we're
amazon founder jeff bezos is buying "the washington post" newspaper for $250 million. this deal ends the graham family's 80 years of ownership. he calls this acquisition a personal endeavor. not amazon money he's using, this is his very own. and chairman and ceo don graham talking about this deal. >> jeff reached out to me less than a month ago. we met at a conference face to face, twice, the second week in july. we spent an hour together. he asked for time to study the numbers,...
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tracie potts joins us live from washington with a preview. what about these new proposals do we expect to hear from the president? >> we expect him to talk about saving money. the real focus is going to be the middle class. and part of that is going to be restructuring how we do mortgages, trying to prevent the collapse of a freddie mac and fannie mae that we saw over the last several years and putting a lot more private money behind mortgages. he's also going to talk about the white house says saving $3,000 per family by making it easier to get mortgages and easier to refinance. for example, wiping out closing costs. if you re-fi to a lower term. what's significant here is where he's saying it. going back to arizona where he first addressed this issue four years ago. >> thank you. >>> and now here is your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. here's something you don't hear every day. a politician being open about their future plans. wendy davis did that monday while addressing the national press club. >> i can say with ab
tracie potts joins us live from washington with a preview. what about these new proposals do we expect to hear from the president? >> we expect him to talk about saving money. the real focus is going to be the middle class. and part of that is going to be restructuring how we do mortgages, trying to prevent the collapse of a freddie mac and fannie mae that we saw over the last several years and putting a lot more private money behind mortgages. he's also going to talk about the white...
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yes well we see the seriousness of measures that washington is now taking in some of the embassies so do what does that mean and does it mean that u.s. has a learned a lesson from the previous attacks on its embassies. well i think i may have got the gist of the question i think one could be forgiven business ism skepticism the rush are often temporary asylum to edward snowden along came a terror threat based on presumably national security agency u.s. national security agency bugging of a phone call but. our hearing. room in yemen lead a. better time to explain to the american people that edward snowden must be a traitor because what the n.s.a. is doing is monitoring phone calls that protect u.s. service personnel. minimize the threat of terrorism against u.s. installations because of course president obama has been a great because sergeant for al qaeda whether it be this morning's drone strikes which killed four people. the mainstream press already saying they were militants no trial needed they just killed outright immediately. continued support for syrian syria so this terror thre
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it's tuesday august sixth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sacks and you're watching our t.v. special coverage of the hunger strike a quantum obit. so what exactly are we talking about when it comes to guantanamo well let's take a.
it's tuesday august sixth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sacks and you're watching our t.v. special coverage of the hunger strike a quantum obit. so what exactly are we talking about when it comes to guantanamo well let's take a.
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good night from washington. good night from washington. guilffoyld and bob beckel and she naps on the deck of her malibu barbie dream house with dana perino. it is 5:00 and we are open for business. 20 embassies across the globe are closed this weekend due to terror chatter. well, not really across the globe, in certain parts of the globe. let me put it this way, if you are anywhere christians are welcome, you are okay. so they are closed for fear of attack, what movie is responsible for this? shark nato? "smores 2"? --
good night from washington. good night from washington. guilffoyld and bob beckel and she naps on the deck of her malibu barbie dream house with dana perino. it is 5:00 and we are open for business. 20 embassies across the globe are closed this weekend due to terror chatter. well, not really across the globe, in certain parts of the globe. let me put it this way, if you are anywhere christians are welcome, you are okay. so they are closed for fear of attack, what movie is responsible for this?...
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the washington post is not just another u.s. newspaper. it has made history, or rather its reporters have. they spearheaded the reporting of the watergate scandal that led to the resignation of president richard nixon. the post has tried to adapt to the internet age, publishing both a print and online edition and putting some of its content behind a pay wall. but revenue has fallen for seven years and a row. so it is perhaps not surprising that internet sales pioneered jeff bezos is buying the's. he saw to reassure staff at the paper. the duty of the paperwork will remain to its readers and not to the private interests of its owners. he said he would not be getting involved in the day-to-day running of the paper. >> there have also been some other big publications in the u.s. changing hands this past week. "newsweek is also being sold as well as the boston globe. time for new owners to try their luck at turning a profit. >> in europe also, the print industry is facing some big challenges. we even -- we hear now from some reporters, startin
the washington post is not just another u.s. newspaper. it has made history, or rather its reporters have. they spearheaded the reporting of the watergate scandal that led to the resignation of president richard nixon. the post has tried to adapt to the internet age, publishing both a print and online edition and putting some of its content behind a pay wall. but revenue has fallen for seven years and a row. so it is perhaps not surprising that internet sales pioneered jeff bezos is buying...
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president hassan rouhani says he's open to talks on the country's nuclear program we ask how willing is washington to play ball. even live from moscow start international have been our eyes to the company lawyers for several it makes a grant telling the bay prison who are on hunger strike a filed a fresh appeal for u.s. judges now to intervene and stop force feeding at the facility the painful practice slump internationally is torches continued throughout ramadan with the mass hunger strike now into its seventh month meanwhile the un's chief reporter on torture has told r.t. he's now being denied full access to the detainees. unfortunately i was not allowed to visit went on i will be at least not in the terms that i have to apply under the rules that i am subject to did get invited by the pentagon but on conditions that i couldn't accept because the conditions was that i would see only the parts of the prison that they wanted to show me and specifically that they could not have individual meetings with within maids they claim that they can only give me the same terms that they give united states l
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he needs the "the washington post" to seem as original as possible. >> "the washington post" needs him too. >> exactly. win/win. we hate to say it when it comes to finance because it's a kiss of death. the bottom line is media people are not good business people. all right? they don't have business backgrounds. it's been part of a legacy of this business here. you have people who know how to be journalist and they don't know p&l and how to grow a company. this is a marriage of a man who knows how to manage the money flow and know about journalism. >> i think we should give the graham family credit for selling to someone like him. >> they have done a good job. >> i think we will be watching this transition closely. >> i will. >> thanks, rana. talk to you later. >>> we will take a break here on "new day." when we come back, a hauntsing question. is it safe to swim? of course, the! but we will talk about the shark sightings. >> a new buzz about a new clinton campaign and we are not talking about bill or hillary. we are talking about chelsea. what she told cnn exclusively coming up. cute!
he needs the "the washington post" to seem as original as possible. >> "the washington post" needs him too. >> exactly. win/win. we hate to say it when it comes to finance because it's a kiss of death. the bottom line is media people are not good business people. all right? they don't have business backgrounds. it's been part of a legacy of this business here. you have people who know how to be journalist and they don't know p&l and how to grow a company....
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tracie potts joins us from washington. any good news we can get on that. what new proposals are in the works. >> he's got a couple of them. he'll be announcing them in phoenix. the where here just as important as the what. this is where president obama was four years ago talking about the housing crisis. now he goes back to phoenix. they are having a baste bounceback, but they still have a long way to go. today there, the president is expected to talk about borrowing and refinancing, saving middle class families $3,000 a year. he'll pitch the idea, putting a lot more private money behind mortgages. so the government is not so much at risk so we don't see collapses like fannie mae and freddie mac. and this is key, in arizona, he's going to be talking about the link to immigration. suggesting that with 40% of new homeowners as immigrants, fixing immigration could fix the housing problem as well. >> looking at housing for us. tracie potts, thank you. >>> alex rodriguez may have avoided a lifetime ban, but the mlb's 211-game suspension has put the player's fut
tracie potts joins us from washington. any good news we can get on that. what new proposals are in the works. >> he's got a couple of them. he'll be announcing them in phoenix. the where here just as important as the what. this is where president obama was four years ago talking about the housing crisis. now he goes back to phoenix. they are having a baste bounceback, but they still have a long way to go. today there, the president is expected to talk about borrowing and refinancing,...
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there is way too much bipartisanship in washington, especially on economic issues. the things that pass the u.s. senate typically by votes of 95 or 99 to 1 are either wars or massiveta, give aways. you have a bipartisan effort in secret to make sure that a supposed overhaul of the tax code is one that allows the corporate community to secretly write even more good yis into the tax code without the average voter seeing what is going on. and the reason for that is because the average voter, sees these kinds of special giveaways. sees what they are all about, the fear is, is they will face consequences at the voting booth. >> john: indeed. one last question, do we really believe these suggestions aren't going to somehow be leaked before 50 years go by? >> that's a great question. i don't know if they will ever be leaked. i know the uglier the tax proposal is, the more effort there will be to keep it truly secret for 50 years. here is one thing i would add to that, the people who are going to know who spon sored those tax proposals will be those lobbyists. a senator tha
there is way too much bipartisanship in washington, especially on economic issues. the things that pass the u.s. senate typically by votes of 95 or 99 to 1 are either wars or massiveta, give aways. you have a bipartisan effort in secret to make sure that a supposed overhaul of the tax code is one that allows the corporate community to secretly write even more good yis into the tax code without the average voter seeing what is going on. and the reason for that is because the average voter, sees...
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rich edson in washington. what do you make of this, charles payne never left the studio, sitting right here since the start. these think this does any work? charles: it is one of these weird things where this president will take a victory black but also say we need to take a lot of work. we have this housing recovery but it is not a main street phenomenon and this is what we need to be honest about. first-time home buyers of not materialize, largely from overseas a lot of investors, morgan stanley started to fund billions of dollars from china, but people still complaining about the ability to get loans and people are afraid. the bottom line is yesterday the fed came out with their surveys, senior loan officers, 52% of bank said moderately stronger demand whereas their standards only eased 10%. the president wants to get in and force a 5% down payment and the presidents wants to talk about responsible lending to the community and somehow suggest that the grand bargain for the middle class is homeowner should a
rich edson in washington. what do you make of this, charles payne never left the studio, sitting right here since the start. these think this does any work? charles: it is one of these weird things where this president will take a victory black but also say we need to take a lot of work. we have this housing recovery but it is not a main street phenomenon and this is what we need to be honest about. first-time home buyers of not materialize, largely from overseas a lot of investors, morgan...
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"the washington post" is marking the end of an era. the graham family, which has owned the post for four generations has agreed to sell the newspaper. the buyer is jeff bezos of amazon.com. tells the paper how quickly it came about. >> jeff reached out to me about a month ago. we met at a conference face-to-face twice in the second week in july. we spent an hour together. he asked for time to study the numbers. we spent another two hours together. at the end of it, he said he thought he wanted to go ahead. obviously he and his team needed time to look over the business and understand it more thoroughly. and then we quickly reached a deal. >> bezos will pay $250 million in cash for "the washington post." the announcement comes on the heels of the boston globe sale to john henry. that deal worth $70 million. covering the media industry for two decades, welcome. this came about at a conference. how did it come about? >> the post, this great newspaper owned by the graham family, started by eugene meyers, come to this. >> it's lost money ea
"the washington post" is marking the end of an era. the graham family, which has owned the post for four generations has agreed to sell the newspaper. the buyer is jeff bezos of amazon.com. tells the paper how quickly it came about. >> jeff reached out to me about a month ago. we met at a conference face-to-face twice in the second week in july. we spent an hour together. he asked for time to study the numbers. we spent another two hours together. at the end of it, he said he...
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not only washington, the congress and the ignorance of it. check this out from congressman keith ellington over the weekend reporter: >> the government has a right. the government and the people of united the united states running the programs of the united states. so this includes health and welfare and housing and all of the things. neil: what he is proposing paying for all of these things includes going after his money and all of these things. including the government would levy a sales tax on stocks and bonds and that would be uncle sam wanting a in on your money. what the congressman said it's really not your good money, it's the government's money. for you to hold and that money and distribute it as they see fit. the robin hood is nothing on this. it's pretty much all of these guys. we are talking about the outraged republicans. online, another neither is addressing the country. each side is compounding the problem. to take a look at this spiraling debt clock again. isn't it time that we scream stop it? it is the threat of another gover
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is this what is behind all this gridlock in washington? >> well, you know, speaker boehner actually did speak out when, for instance, steve king said some things about latino. so he did do that. but i think the reality of what we see going on in some of these town halls is these are primary voters. these are the voters who are going to show up in 2014. these are the voters that are going to show up in 2016. so for those folks, those representatives who are there talking to their constituents, hearing from their constituents, we very much see that they are beholden to a very different strain of the republican party than the strain of the republican party that is talking about rebranding. they're at least something like 54%. there was a poll out recently that showed 54% of republicans actually want republicans to be more conservative rather than doing the sort of outreach and broadening the base that you hear from folks at the rnc, for instance. so we've got a lot of competing interests out there. and boehner can only go so far in terms of c
is this what is behind all this gridlock in washington? >> well, you know, speaker boehner actually did speak out when, for instance, steve king said some things about latino. so he did do that. but i think the reality of what we see going on in some of these town halls is these are primary voters. these are the voters who are going to show up in 2014. these are the voters that are going to show up in 2016. so for those folks, those representatives who are there talking to their...
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>>> here in washington, the amazon.com founder jeff bezos is buying "the washington post." the news you hear or read every day may be changing soon. we've been looking into the sweeping changes in ownership. jim, what are you finding out? >> the changes are coming fast. you might think by the headline that people in this city have a thought of self-importance. but not only signals an era for washington but potentially a change in how every american receives the news. >> reporter: watergate brought down to president. >> got to get something on paper. >> translator: but it made a newspaper. a triumph not just for reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein but also the family that owned "the washington post" led by kathryn graham. now that legacy rests in the hands of one billionaire. amazon founder jeff bezos. a deal that gives an all-new meaning to the term -- >> just follow the money. >> reporter: wall street journal bought by rupert murdoch and the boston globe snatched up by the super wealthy. and perhaps the chicago times which could land in the hands of charles and david
>>> here in washington, the amazon.com founder jeff bezos is buying "the washington post." the news you hear or read every day may be changing soon. we've been looking into the sweeping changes in ownership. jim, what are you finding out? >> the changes are coming fast. you might think by the headline that people in this city have a thought of self-importance. but not only signals an era for washington but potentially a change in how every american receives the news....
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>> well, the "washington post" is the number one paper in the nation's capital. it's got readers all over the world who want to know what's going on in washington. and it's one of the great journalism institutions in the united states. what happens in the federal government, there are more reporters at the "washington post" trying to cover that and understand that than anywhere else. so we all have a stake in what happens at this newspaper. >> suarez: catherine way mut's note to the staff -- she's the publisher -- chairman donald graham's remarks to the staff, both took pains to point out that jeff bezos was personally buying the paper not acquiring it for amazon. why make that distinction? why is it important? >> it's actually part of a trend. we are moving from the publicly traded corporation era of media ownership and particularly newspaper ownership back towards individual owners. john henry, the owner of the boston red sox earlier this week announced that he was buying the boston globe. arob kushner who is also an internet mogul owns the orange county regist
>> well, the "washington post" is the number one paper in the nation's capital. it's got readers all over the world who want to know what's going on in washington. and it's one of the great journalism institutions in the united states. what happens in the federal government, there are more reporters at the "washington post" trying to cover that and understand that than anywhere else. so we all have a stake in what happens at this newspaper. >> suarez: catherine...